Liner for box cars



April! 29 1924.

F. W. KENNEDY LINER FOR BOX CARS 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed July 14. 1923gnm'ntom I 1,491,955 F. W. KENNEDY LINER FOR BOX CARS Filed July 14 19232 Sheets-Sheet 2 w d A W w 4 April 29 1924.

Patented Apr. 29, 1924.

unite stares rarest FRED W. KENNEDY, OF SHELBYVIIILE, INDIANA, ASSIGNORTO THEKENNEDY CAR LINER AND BAG COMPANY, OF 'SHELBYVILLE, INDIANA, ACORPORATION OF INDIANA.

LINER FOR BOX CARS.

Application filed July 14, 1923. Serial No. 651,573.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED W. KENNEDY,

citizen of the United States, residing at Shelbyville, in the countyofrShelby and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Liners for Box Cars; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,'such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use'the same.

It is a well known. fact that box cars an the like used for the shipmentof small grains and other commodities, are not entirely satisfactory forsuch purposes for the reason that the grain frequently trickles outthrough cracks in the floor and other cracks 1 or openingswhichfrequently develop due to the rough handling to which the box cars aresubject. a f

This invention relates to means for lining box cars, and has for itsobject to provide a liner that is particularly adapted for use in thecorners of the car. The improved liner is made from strong paper andisso constructed and reinforced at its angles and bends that if the mainbody of the liner should burst at such places, the liner willnevertheless be elfective for its intended purpose by reason of theimproved reinforcements.

The various features of novelty and inven tion will appear from thedetailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawingforming part of this specification.

Referring to the drawings, Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the interiorof one end of a box car, showing the corner liners in position therein;I

Fig. 2is a perspective view on an enlarged scale of the improved liner;

Fig. 3 is a section taken. on line.3 3 of Fig. 2; I r a Fig. 4 is asection taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5

Fig.6 is a section taken on 'line-6-6 of Fi 2;

ig. 7 shows the condition of the blank-before. the same is folded into.the position shown in Fig.:2; y

l Fig. 8 isa fragmentary" section on line 8-8 of Fig. 7

is a section taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 9 is a fragmentary section online 99 of Fig. 7 and Fig. 10 is a view showing one of the final 7conventional box car and numeral 2 the improved liners which areplacedin each corner of the car, and which cover the floor and sides ofthe car. While Fig. 1 shows only the corners at one end of the box caras being lined, it will be understood that the entire bottom and sidesof the same will be lined. In this connection, attention is called to myprior Patent No. 818,257, patented April 1-7, 1906,. over which thepresent invention is an: improvement.

For convenience of description, the three main sides of the corner linerare indicated by the letters A, B and C,A indicating the bottom of theliner, B one upright side of the same and C the upright side which isdisposed against the end of the car.

In constructing the improved liner, two sheets of paper of substantiallythe same area are overlapped and glued together along one of theiredges. The two sheets of paper which are thus united are indicated bynumerals 3 and ,4 respectively and the lappedover portions are indicatedby reference characters 3 and 4.

The overlapped portion is then given a bellows-like fold asindicated at5 (see Fig. 3) which will allow relative displacement between the sheets3 and 4, or sides A. and B, without rupturing same. The fold '5 willnormally bedisposed lengthwise of the car, as will more readily appearherein after. 7

After the lapped over portions have been folded to produce thebellows-like fold 5, and while the sides A' and B are laid out flat asin Fig. 7, a looped reinforcement D is disposed across the sections 3and 4 at right angles to'thefold 5, and is cemented to the said sections3 and 4-. 1 The said reinforcement D is-looped intermediate itslongitudinally extending edges, as at 6, as will more clearly appear byreference-to Figs. 4, 5 and 6. At thispoint, it maybe statedthat thenated by thereference character D.

After thereinforcement D has been disposed across and pasted tothesections A.

and B, the said sections are slit as at 10 from' the median line of thesaid reinforcement D toward one end of the said sections. The purpose ofslitting the sections is to enable the same to be folded into position.Referring to Figs. 7 and 3, the next step'may conveniently be thebending up of the section 13 at right angles to the section A as shownin Fig. 3. The section B may then be bent at right angles to the mainsection B along the loop 6 of the reinforcement D and the section A thenbent up as indicated i'n'Fig. l0, andthe two sections A and B pastedtogether, whereupon the liner is complete.

By reference to Figs. e and 10, it will be seen that on'eside ofthereinforcement D is disposed between the two walls A" and By referenceto F ig. 4, it will be seen that there are four thicknesses of materialat the lower edge. of themain wall C. The outer ply of material is themain section A, the next is one of the side. flaps of the reinforcementD, the third is the section B. and

- the fourth is part of the overlappingt,

which adheres to the section B after the slit 10 has severed thesections A and B,

this overlapping being conveniently designated 3:

After the liner has been given its final shape, some of the materialwhich constitutes the bottom loop 5 will extend up along the outside ofthe liner in the form of surplus material 5. This material serves nouseful purpose and if desired can be removed from the finished liner,but its pres ence does no harm and simplifies themanufacturing operationinasmuch'as it is merely necessary to slit the sections as at 10 andthen to fold the liner into shape, as will be readily understood. y

It will now also be understood that the reinforcement D constitutes, areinforcement I not only along the bottom corner "line of the liner butalsoalong the upright corner line of the same. It therefore follows thatif the main sheet should burst at the upright corner line 8, that nomaterial damagewould result to the liner and'that the same would remainefi'ectivebecause' the loop 6 of the reinforcement D would close thebreach and prevent any leakageof grain or of material through thecrevice or rupture. It will be understoodthat the entire floor and sidesof the box car will be lined with Per s is; termed de 9?. ewes bending"the stats along sary or practical from "a manufacturing standpoint. Inany event, the entire car will be lined as said. It will also beunderstood that the i reinforcement between the sides, that is to say atthe angle or bend can be incorporated into the liners for lining thebottom and sides of the car as distinguished from the corners.

What I claim is:

1. A car liner for the corners of box cars comprising two upright sidesdisposed at right angles to each other and a bottom member joined to thebottom edges of the upright sides, the joint between the bottom and oneof the sides including'a loopl member afiixed to the bottomandsaidfside, the loop being disposed opposite the line of joinderbetweensaid bottom and side. j

j 2. A car liner for the corners of box cars comprising two uprightsides disposed at right angles to eachother and a bottom member joinedto the bottom, edgesofthe upright sides, t the joint between the bottomand oneo the sid s i c uding a loop member affixed to the bottom andsaid side, the 9 .1

being disposed opposite the line'of joinder between said bottomand side,and the joint between the side walls including a "looped member.

A corner liner for boxcars comprising two sheets of paper lapped overand cemented along one of their edges, the lapped-over portion beingfolded back to constitute a bellows-like fold, a reinforcement memberdisposed transversely across the sheets and ce- 'mented thereto, saidmember having a loop intermediate its longitudinal edges which projectsfree away fromthe paper, the said over-lapped portion being slitlengthwise of the same from a. point starting at the reinforcementmember, said slit serving to divide the' two'sheets into sections whichjointly being slit lengthwise thereof fro nlsaid reinover-lapping andcementing two longitudinally"extending"edges of paper, placing a loopedreinforcing .member across the paper and" cementing itthereto, slittingthe overlapped. portions longitudinally from point beginning .at thesaid reinforcing member the bellows like fold, and bending the sectionsformed. by slitting along the lines lyinghvvithinthe said reinforcingmember and finally cementing 7. A liner for the floor and sides of boxthe said sections together. cars comprising two sheets of paper over- 6.A liner for the floor and sides of box lapped for a portion of theirarea, said overcars comprising a member adapted to be bent lappedportion having a section Which is intermediate its edges, and areinforcement reversely bent to form a bellows-like loop, 15 at the bendconsisting of a looped-over po-rand said loop permitting the body of thetion, said looped over portion permitting relpaper on either side of theloop to partake .tive displacement between the angularly disof relativedisplacement Without rupture.

osed' sides Withoutrupturing at the line of In testimony whereof I affixmy signature. 10 end. FRED W. KENNEDY.

